City National Bank has long history among Los Angeles power elite

Joe Kennedy, Los Angeles Times

Frank Sinatra, right, and Dean Martin leave the Bel-Air home of Sinatra's ex-wife Nancy as preparations were being made for a celebration for freed kidnap victim Frank Sinatra Jr. in 1963. Bank chairman Alfred S. Hart produced $240,000 to ransom Frank Sinatra Jr.

Frank Sinatra, right, and Dean Martin leave the Bel-Air home of Sinatra's ex-wife Nancy as preparations were being made for a celebration for freed kidnap victim Frank Sinatra Jr. in 1963. Bank chairman Alfred S. Hart produced $240,000 to ransom Frank Sinatra Jr.